I wouldn’t take a directing job if I didn’t think it was enriching life.
BAZ LUHRMANNI’ve always loved the old epics that tell a simple emotional story, whether it’s the tumultuous relationship between Rhett and Scarlett or Lawrence of Arabia’s passion to get lost in a faraway place.
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There’s a whole system in Hollywood where the director never speaks to the studio, but I like to engage them in a discussion. I listen.
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I’ve always loved the old epics that tell a simple emotional story, whether it’s the tumultuous relationship between Rhett and Scarlett or Lawrence of Arabia’s passion to get lost in a faraway place.
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In the ’80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy.
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Fitzgerald coined the phrase the ‘Jazz Age,’ and now we’re living in the Hip-Hop Age.
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I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it’s my own.
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The party is a true art form in Sydney and people practise it a great deal. You can really get quite lost in it.
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I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
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So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget.
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I am always worried when someone says, ‘This is perfect.’
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The ugly duckling is a misunderstood universal myth. It’s not about turning into a blonde Barbie doll or becoming what you dream of being; it’s about self-revelation, becoming who you are.
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Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.
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All good, clean stories are melodrama, it’s just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.
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Everything I make starts very personally.
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It’s pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.
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If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.
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